Salvia hispanica

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Salvia hispanica

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Description

Erect or ascending herb, 0.5-1 m or more. Leaves membranaceous, oblong-lanceolate to ovate, 3-7.5 by 1-4.5 cm, acute or acuminate, base obtuse and abruptly attenuate, entire; Flowers 6-10 in a verticillaster, these congested into a dense, terminal false spike, 3-10(-18)cm long; Stamens barely exposed;

Distribution

Asia-Tropical, West Java, tropical America

Native in tropical America, cultivated and naturalized in Malesia: West Java.

Uses

HEYNE (l.c.) reported that seeds are sometimes used as a surrogate for those of selasi (Ocimum).

Citation

KOORD.-SCHUM. 1913: Syst. Verz.: fam. 254, p. 5

BOLD. 1916: Zakfl.: 110

BACK. & BAKH. f. 1965 – In: Fl. Java: 627

HEYNE 1927: Nutt. Pl.: 1327

Koord. 1918 – In: Fl. Tjibodas: fam. 254, p. 89

BACK. 1913 – In: Bull. Jard. Bot. Btzg: 29

Koord. 1912 – In: Exk. Fl. Java: 148